HISTORY OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIONS 1

Academic year
2019/2020 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA E DELLE RELIGIONI DELLA CINA 1
Course code
LT0470 (AF:303888 AR:165606)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Subdivision
Surnames A-L
Degree level
Bachelor's Degree Programme
Educational sector code
L-OR/20
Period
1st Semester
Course year
2
Where
VENEZIA
This is one of the mandatory courses within the China/Korea curricula of the Corso di Laurea in "Lingue, Culture e Società dell'Asia e dell'Africa Mediterranea"
Basic knowledge of the foundations of thought and religions in pre-buddhist China.
The course does not require any prerequisite
Chinese schools of thought from the origins to the Han period: theoretical foundations and applications.

Cheng, A., Il pensiero cinese, Torino, Einaudi, 1997, vol. 1.

Further insights on authors, works and schools of thought may be found in the following texts:

A.C. Graham, Disputers of the Tao. Philosophical Argument in Ancient China, La Salle, Open Court, 1989; trad. it. di R. Fracasso, La ricerca del Tao. Il dibattito filosofico nella Cina Classica, Vicenza, Neri Pozza, 1999.

Fung Yu-lan (tr. D. Bodde), A History of Chinese Philosophy, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1952.


Other sources will be suggested during the lectures.
The written test will consist of 25/30 questions concerning schools of thought, authors, works and dates of pre-buddhist chinese philosophy.
The course will consist of fifteen lectures.
written
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 14/10/2019